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Wed, Mar 16, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 3, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1180927334
VAN11009010129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 12:00VANHenrik SedinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Nikita Tryamkin · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:06COLMikkel BoedkerAssists: Jarome Iginla, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:37COLMikkel BoedkerGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:31COLAndreas MartinsenAssists: Shawn Matthias · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:28VANEmerson Etem: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:46VANAndrey Pedan: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:25COLFrancois Beauchemin: Hooking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win54% to win
← COL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLVAN
34Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won26
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
24Hits20
21Blocked shots8
2Giveaways8
5Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Boedker – MacKinnon13:11

    xG 0.64–0.24 (73%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – McLeod – Skille8:07

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Matthias – Martinsen8:11

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Iginla – Duchene – Grigorenko13:43

    xG 0.19–0.58 (25%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBodnarchuk – Gelinas8:49

    xG 0.54–0.13 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  2. Beauchemin – Johnson15:50

    xG 0.75–0.47 (62%)attempts 22–12goals 1–1

  3. Holden – Barrie19:23

    xG 0.41–0.79 (34%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Burrows – McCann7:22

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Gaunce – Horvat – Virtanen7:58

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Grenier11:45

    xG 0.45–0.57 (44%)attempts 10–14goals 1–2

  4. Vey – Etem – Baertschi12:48

    xG 0.26–0.65 (28%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Pedan4:40

    xG 0.40–0.05 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bartkowski10:17

    xG 0.28–0.20 (59%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Hutton10:30

    xG 0.54–0.55 (49%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

VAN 2.5 xGCOL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #975 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

Simulated goal difference (VAN − COL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).